Labor Economics & Health Economics @ChicagoBooth AEJ-Policy co-editor @AEAJournals Research Associate @nberpubs
Chicago, IL
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My annual tradition continues -- my 10 favorite economics papers published in 2021, ordered alphabetically
[Meant to do this yesterday, but I had a paper rejected on New Year's Day -- Happy New Year! -- so I decided to deal with that instead]
I posted a short note correcting a mistake in an approximation formula in a recent publication of mine
Publication: academic.oup.com/qje/article…
Corrigendum: users.nber.org/~notom/resear…
We use a similar formula in my new NAFTA paper, however, so I'm glad to get it right
(NAFTA paper here: users.nber.org/~notom/resear…)
Huge thanks to refine.ink for alerting us to the mistake (and thanks to @ben_golub and team for creating such a useful tool)
Bottom line: refine.ink is great!
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Congratulations to economics professors Christina Patterson and Jack Mountjoy, both awarded 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships! This is one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early-career scholars. @SloanFoundation #SloanFellow ms.spr.ly/6017QpW7x
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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Check out Joe Battles on the econ job market. He's an awesome health economist, studying one of the highest-touch points in the healthcare space: pharmacies.
Pharmacy exits cause temp. declines in medication use but long-run increases. Closure-induced reallocations to higher-dispensing pharmacies combined with meaningful impacts of pharmacies drive the increases.
Read more about @econbattles: economics.uchicago.edu/direc…
#EconJobMarket
ALT Graphic announcing Joseph Battles as a Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics 2025-26 job market candidate. Paper titled, "Do Pharmacies Matter?". Research focuses on health economics and public finance.
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Exactly as @ProfNoto @C_Garthwaite @NicoleOzm and Jordan Keener drew it up in their paper on NCAA athletes!
"As part of the restructuring of Gundy's contract, his ... salary will be reduced to be redistributed as part of revenue sharing with players"
espn.com/college-football/st…
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Chicago labor/public folks (including me) are hiring new research professionals! We have a great program that provides a ton of opportunities to learn in a very fun environment.
Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
@econ_ra
Details: job-boards.greenhouse.io/uni…
Had a great experience earlier this year using Standard Error Research Editors (@SamInLowerCase / stderr-editors.com)
The company makes an admirable effort to keep their services affordable to students -- keep in mind for your JMPs!
In other @JPAL_NA news: we are continuing to accept self-nominations for invited researchers (application deadline is August 1st): povertyactionlab.org/invited…
I'm excited about this amazing line-up of @JPAL_NA-funded studies that will be presented this week at the NBER Summer Institute:
I'm excited about this amazing line-up of @JPAL_NA-funded studies that will be presented this week at the NBER Summer Institute:
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It's well known that lower income people tend to suffer much worse health. Is poverty at the heart of this disparity, and, if so, could a large cash transfer help close this gap? We examine an RCT that provided 1000 low income participants $1000/month for 3 years. We find…
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Over the last decade, cities, states and even @iamjohnoliver have embraced a popular health care charity: forgiving people’s medical debts for pennies on the dollar.
It’s been seen as a quick, cheap way to help some of the 100 million people in the U.S. stuck with medical bills.
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To further strengthen equity & diversity in our research network, we are once again accepting self-nominations for invited researchers. The application process is currently open and will close on August 1st. Learn more about the self-nomination process: j-p.al/invited-researchers
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Read our affiliate spotlight of Bill Evans (co-founder of @LEOatND), where he discusses holistic approaches to reducing poverty in the US: povertyactionlab.org/blog/5-…
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In this episode of The Pie, @ChicagoBooth's @ProfNoto discusses how economic downturns can lead to valuable health gains that may even offset some of the negative consequences of recessions. Listen now: bfi.uchicago.edu/podcast/rec…
Great information and very useful templates!
My advisor's advice when I was a PhD student was to play the "desperate grad student" card ("I really really need the data for my dissertation"), but that doesn't always work and sometimes FOIAs are going to be necessary
